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J. DEELEY, Jr.

CARTRIDGE EXTRAGTOR FOR BREAKDOWN GUNS.

No. 335,021. Patented Jan. 26, 1886.

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J.-DEELEY, Jr. GARTRIDGE EXTRAGTOR FOR BREAKDOWN GUNS. No. 335,021. I Patented Jan. 26, 1886.

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Joan DEnLEY, Jn, or ASTON, ooun'rr or WARWICK, nnomno.

CARTRIDVGEQ-EXTRACTOR FOR BREAKDOWN euNs.

SPECHICATION forming part of Letters Patent N9. 335,021,dated January 26, 1886. 2

Application filed November 18,1885. Serial No. 183,.39. (No

anism of dropdown small-arms, whereby the case of the exploded cartridge is ejected on 7 arm,

the end of the sliding the raising of the breech ends of the barrels for recharging.

In the ordinary extractor of dropdown guns the case of the exploded cartridge is started or drawn a short distance from the end of the barrel on the'raising of thebreech ends of the barrels, the complete removal of the case being effected by hand. I employ the ordinary mechanism for starting the cartridge-case, but supplement it by the mechanism hereinafter described, whereby the started cartridge-ease is ejected from the barrel. On the under side of the barrel I place a nearly vertical short turning upon a center-pin supported by two small plates on the fore-end. This and has a bentat front-that is, at the side turned toward the breakofif-and a shoulder at back. A strong spring presses underithe shoulder, while alever, similar to an ordinary sear, eugages in the bent at. the front of the said arm. Inthe body of the gun is :n oblique sliding rod,'the upper end of which is-in front of the breast of the .hammer, the'lower end of the said rod being under the end of the sear described when the parts are in the positions they occupy after the gun has been discharged.

On lifting the breech ends of thcbarrolsfor recharging, the sear-like lever strikes against rod described, and is dis-, engaged from'the bent in the vertical arm.

-The said arm is urged forward by its spring,

and, striking against the end of the extractorrod, urges the extractor forward with a sudden motion, and thereby ejects the cartridgecase. A shoulder on the abutment of the fore-end, acting on an incline on the end of the sliding rod, forces the said rod back so far model.) Patented in England November 3, 188-1, No. 14,526.

end of the extractor rod may double dropdown guns,

that it is not within'the range of the motion of the sear-like lever, and the ejecting mech anism is not operated by the raising of the breech endsof the barrels until the said rod is urged forward to its original position. This is effected by the falling of the hammer, the breast of which, as the'hammer falls, strikes against a projection on the side of the top end of the sliding rod and pushes it forward. The sliding rod is held with the required force in its two positions by a spring-arm.

' The vertical arm which strikes against the be replaced by a horizontal or. oblique spring belt or rod, and the bent with which the sear-like lever engages may be made in the said spring bolt or rod or in the extractor-rod.

My invention is applicable to single and the extractor and extracting mechanism of each barrel in the case of double guns being independent of the extractor and extracting mechanism of the other.

Figures 1 and? of the accompanying drawings represent longitudinal vertical sections of the breech end of a double-barrel dropdown gun containing mechanism constructed according to my invention for fully extracting or ejecting the spent cartridgecases from the barrels, the barrels in Fig. 1 being rep resented shut down and the ejecting mechanism held out of action, and the barrels-in Fig. 2 being represented raised from the face of the breakoff and the spent cartridge-cases ejected from the barrels. Fig. 3 represents in end elevation the face of the body of the gun, and Fig. 4 inlend elevation the Fig. 5 represents in side elevation, and Fig. 6 in plan of under side, the fore-end of the gun carrying portions of the ejecting mechanism. Fig. 7 represents in side elevation and edge View the sliding rod, and Fig. Sthc sear-like lever of the ejecting mechanism detached, and Fig. 9 represents the divided extractor which I use with a double gun. Fig.

face of the barrels.-

10 is alongitudinal section showing a modificagun is the some is eonst'ruotion and action, I will fieeeriloe the ejecting meeiionism of one ri'el only of the-double gun.

he same letters indicate the some parts in ilie several figures of the drawings.

a o" a a are the divided parts of the ex creator shown letached in Fig. 9, a being the extractor-rod, and a the hook part with which the rim of the cartridge-ease engages, as o well understood. b is the projection or lifter on the fore-end o of the gun by which the cartridge-ease is started. The project-ion or lifter i which starts the cartridge-ease, is of ihe ordinary hind, andconsiitutes no part my invent-ion.

The mechanism for fully ext-reeling or ej ecting the spent cartridge-case is ,CODSCTHGRQ as follows: The fore-end c carries a short. ver tie-Lil arm, (Z, turning upono pin or center supported by the plate 0", fixed to the side of the foreenil o the said arm (Z being forced when oi; liberty to move toward the break-off by means of the strong spring (2 pressing nil; Cier a shoulder on the said arm, as represented. 5 The upper end of the arm (2 bears against the rod a of the divided exirsotor. The said arm lies a bent, e, at fronb with which a lever, j, similar to on ordinary seer, engages, the ssi-S. seer-like lever f being ezirried by the some 0 plate, 0 which eerries the nearly Vertical erin d. The seer-like lever f is represented sens retely in Fig. 8. The upper armf, of the level-j is bent out of the plane of the searorin f (see Figs. Send for the pnroose 5 liereinafier explained. g is the ohliqueslid ing rod Working in and guided by a clovetoil groove (see 3) in the body h of the gun. ihe sliding rod 5 is shown separately in Fig. 7, and is represented in its eel-sensed C) position in Fig. 1 and in its wiohdrawn posilion in Fig. The front end of the sliding rod g he. a nose-piece, g, and adjoining the said noso-pieoe is aonrved port incline, g", and the book em oi the sliding Li has a pi-o oction, y, at iii; side for the 25i of the falling hammer to sirise against gii'in the said rod 21 onward motion. ohli A e-siiding rorl g; is limited in its meby the stoppin and sloi as A, and the top of the rod is supported upon-the roekm srzn Z, the upper end of which engages in recess in the said roii. Uyon the i-shaped bottom of the rocking arm Z the lj-shaped end of the spring in sets. By means of the sgr'ng m the fling rod 9 is hold in its for- .voril and b21,\ posiiions, respective. so

oonling the spring moemx's upon one or other siile of Lhe g' slzziped bottom of the reels ing arm 2. The sold. spring m also tends to 0 force iho rod g forward or bookwzird after it has been storied by the upper end of the rocking' in liming carried hey-owl one or oihor Slilc of its center. n is so. inelined SilOlll (let on iiiiezibutment of (he fore-end r: for givstarting hoelm'oro motion to the Bill! by eeiing upon ilie ineline on the EVlien the gun liosheen disohs r the sliding :06. g has the forward position represented in l, the said rod having been the hammer e when discharged striking the side orojeotion, 5;", so as to she-rt the said rod forward for a shortelismnee for bringing the spring rocking arm Z into operation, as before described. 7

"When the rod 9 is in the posibionFig. 1, its front nose, 9, is sit-naked immediately or oer the orenlaorm f of the seanlike lever f. 0:; lift-Zing the barrels for recharging the gun the seerlike ieverj' ssrikes against the nosey of the slidiog rod g, and the said lever f is disengaged from the bent in the vertical arm The said arm 1 being now urged forward it spring 6?,Sl flk against the end of the estreoior-rod e, urging forward the extraoion. hook a a sudden motion, and thereby ejects the s ienia oertridge-Case from the herrel. the breech ends of the barres are liiteo. the in lioori projection n onjahe abutment of l ke foreeo e, acting on the inclinegf on ro ig forces the said rod slightly backword, so'es Lu sense the spring rocking arm Z to take it into the position represented in Fin P ereted by the raising of the barrels, but the desoens of she hammer senses the sliding rod g to he. brooglitinto its advanced position, Fig 3., reziiiy for releasing the ejecting mechanism raising the barrels. Go closing the barrels after (liselierge the ext-rscborrod a forces heel: the arm d and compresses the d the solo. are: d beinghelti in its heel: oosii by the engagement of the sear- .lie f i o she sent a in me said arm (I,

., I Fig. 1. .ill eon" i'eospitolufio generally the action iiieehooism. barrels hov- Gilli the sliding rod 9 1 onward by the failing hem end of the sa is rod is range of i-ho orinf" of the see-o r f as represented in Fig. 1. Go l; 'eeeli ends of bheberrels the part liner' extracting mechanism stori's gemse, end the ermf of the like leverfst-riking against the end 5 of the sliding oily the leverf is disengaged from the "sent in the vertical arm (2, and the earir'iilge-ease is ejected by the notion of thesziiii arm on the extinotoriorl a. The sliding rorl g is forced book in the manner liereiuhofore oesoi'ihed, and after hire: recharging of timberrels their breech ends are shut down. The hook of the extractor is forced to its seat i the one of the barrel. and the vereical arm Z forced book by the extractor-rod a, and its bent-e enge ed with the sear-like leverf; but until the (ling rod has been urged forward by the fell of the hammer i the ejoeting mechanism eminot eel; hence the breech ends of brought isio that position by the breast of 7, and hence the ejecting mechanism is opthe barrels maybe raised any number of times without ejecting the unexploded cartridge; but the descent of the hammeri explodes the cartridge and at the same time urges forward the sliding rod so that the case of the exploded cartridge will be ejected the first time the breech ends of the barrels are raised after the explosion of the cartridge.

Figs. 10 and 11 represent modifications of my invention, in which the vertical arm d, hereinbefore described, is dispensed with and a horizontal or oblique spring bolt or rod used. f i 'In the modification Fig. 10,-a'is the ex tractor rod, and a the hook of the extractor, the said extractor-rod being forced outward to eject the cartridge case by the compressed coiled springp at its front end.v fis the searlike lever engaging with a notch or boot in the extractor-redo. Under the sear-lihe'lever f is a releasing-lever, g, which is o erated upon by the nose of the sliding rod 9 when the barrels are raised and the said lever g made the barrel is to act upon-the sear-like lever f and disengage it from the extractorrod a. When the extractor-rod a is released, it ejects the spent cartridge case in the manner hereinbefore described.

In the modification Fig. 11, an oblique bolt or rod, 1', pressed outward by the springs, op-

eratesnpou the extractor-rod a, and the searlike lever-f engaging with a bent or notch on the said bolt or rod ris released directly by the action of the nose of the sliding rodgupon it when the barrels are raised. 0n shutting down the barrels the springp or s in each oi the modifications is compressed and the spring rod or bolt :1 or r held in its pressed-hack position by the sear f. The rod 9 is pressed hack into its withdrawn position on opening the gun and pressed forward into its advance position by the falling hammer, as hereinbefore described with respect to the principal arrangement of my invention; or the springrod r s and the sear-likeleverfinthc arrangement represented in'Fig. 11 may be modified in the'manner shown in Figs. 12, 13, and 14. in these arrangements the spring-rod r s is furnished with a head, 1", for operating upon the extractor-rode, Fig. 11., and the sear-like icverfin each arrangement engages with a notch or bent, :r, at the extreme rear end of the spring-rod r. V

In Fig. 12 the end of the lever f engages with the bent or, and in Figs. 13 and Maprojcction at the middle of the lever f engages with. the bent or, as seen in Fig. 14.

Having now particularly described and as cortained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, ldcclare that what I claim of improve- 5 inenis in the extraciing mechanism of dropdown small-arms 1. In a dropdown fire-arm, the combinetion, with one or more extractor-hooks, of a spring-actuated arm pivotally mounted in the fore-end of the piece, adetent holding said arm under the tension of its spring, and a releasingr'od having automatic adjustment longitudinally in the body of the piece, whereby it is thrown intoposition to trip the detent as dropped, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with one or more springaetnated extractor-hooks, of adetcnt whereby the spring is held under tension, a releasingrod having longitudinal adj nstment in the body of the piece, arocking arm engaging with said rod, a spring urging said arm in opposite directions asit passes its center of motion; and means for imparting to the releasing-rod a forward impulse as the piece is fired, to bring it in position to trip the detent as the barrel is dropped, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with one or more 'extractonhoolrs, of a spring-actuated arm adapted to operate said hooks, a detent or searlike lever engaging with and holding said arm under tension, a releasing-rod which is thrown forward by the hammer into position to trip the detent when the barrel is dropped and is retracted by a shoulder on the fore-end, and a spring-actuated arm holding the releasing-rod at its limit of movement, substantially as de scribed.

4. The comhinatiomwith one or morespriugactuated extractor-hooks having a belt or rod attached, 'ofa detent'for holding the springunder tension, a releasing' rod having a point at one end adapted to release the detent, and a shoulder at one side and in rear of said point, an arm mounted on a rock-shaft and connected with the rear end of the rod, and a spring acting successively upon oppositelybeveled faces of the rocking arm, and a shoulder on the foreend of the piece acting on the shoulder on the releasing-rod, substantially as described.

Tl1 CGI1lblDillOll,V/ltll01100? moresprin actuated extractor-hooks having rods or bolts, of a detent'pivoted in the fore end of the piece for holding the actuating-spring under tension, an, adjustable releasingrod carried by the body of the piece, a spring-actuated rocking arm holding the rod at each point of adjustment, aiiring-hammer throwing the rod for ward in position to trip the detent as the barrel is dropped, a shoulder on the fore-end for restoring the rod, and a stoppin limiting its movement, substantially as described.

Witnesses:

G EGORGE SEA w, lineman Sxi-znun'r'r. 

